Pocketbook



Dec. 15, 1936.

M. sAcHs POGKETBOOK Filed June 15, 1955 i i i E MAX dkrcfi/a.

INVENTOR.

ORNEYJ) Patented Dec. 15, 1936 UNITED STATES ATE NT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pocketbooks and more particularly it pertains to devices of this character commonly known as ladies hand bags.

In the usual construction of hand bags of the afore-mentioned type, the bag body is secured to the members of a pivoted frame by engagement of the edges of the open side of the bag body between the side walls of a channeled frame member, the channeled frame member being crimped or compressed to effect the clamping.

It is the object of the present invention to improve the construction of pocketbooks of the afore-mentioned character and so to construct such pocketbooks that the body may be readily removed from the frame without damage to either of the: parts.

In pocketbooks constructed as above described, it often happens that the body, through strain and use, becomes disconnected from the frame and renders the bag unsafe for further use, and it is a feature of this invention to provide a new and novel means whereby the body of the pocketbook may be so attached to the frame that said attachment of the body to the frame will be secure and all possibility of the body becoming detached from the frame will be removed.

A further feature of the invention resides in a novel construction which gives a generally neat and pleasing appearance to the finished article.

Other features of the invention will appear as? the nature thereof is more clearly understood, and for this purpose, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, wherein;

Figure 1 is a distended perspective view showing a body and frame disconnected with respect to each other, the pocketbook being constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse detail sectional view on an enlarged scale of a portion of the pocketbook body and frame illustrating one form of the invention, and;

Figure 3 is a similar view illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

A pocketbook constructed in accordance with the present invention consists of a body portion I0 and a frame II.

The body portion may be constructed in any desired shape or form, the body being shown comprising side walls I2, foldable end wall I3 and a folding bottom wall I 4 all secured together to form the body in the ordinary manner.

In accordance with the present invention, I employ securing bars I5 and these securing bars I5 are attached to the free edges of the side members I2, which free edges form the opening of the pocketbook. The securing bars I5 have a covering I6, which cover is preferably of the same material as that from which the pocket- J book is formed in order to match the same, although this is not necessarily so. The securing bars as employed in that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 are provided With perforations II, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more clearly set forth, and while these securing bars are herewith shown as of substantially semi-circular cross sectional form, it is to be understood that the cross sectional shape of these bars is immaterial and that they may be constructed of any cross sectional shape.

The frame II comprises pivoted leg members I9 pivotally connected together as at 26. The leg members I9 are connected by crossbars iii, and these crossbars are provided on one side edge with a flange 22. The legs I9 are connected to the crossbars in such a manner that flanges 23 cooperating with the flanges 22 are provided. The securing bars I5 heretofore described are adapted to be removably secured to the crossbars of the frame and I will now describe the manner in which this is accomplished.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the crossbars of the frame are provided with screw threaded studs 38 which project outwardly therefrom. These screw threaded studs are rigidly attached to the crossbars of the frame and are arranged in such a manner that they will be received in the openings I I in the securing bars I5 when the securing bars are placed in position upon the crossbars. To determine the proper position of the securing bars, they are adapted to engage the flanges 22 and the-flanges 23 of their respective crossbars 2!, and for fastening the securing bars in place upon the crossbars of the frame, members 35 are employed. These members 35 are preferably in the form of ornamental nuts having a threaded socket to receive the studs 39, the nuts inthe present instance being shown as of spherical form.

In that form of the invention illustrated in Figure 3, in lieu of the threaded studs 30, the crossbars 2| of the frame are provided with openings 40 which are adapted to receive threaded fastenings 4I, herein illustrated as wood screws which have holding engagement with the securing bars I 5. These threaded fastenings will be inserted from the inside of the crossbars 2| 2 V of the frame and will pass into engagement with the securing bars 15 of the pocketbook body.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when it is desired to remove the body of the pocketbook from the frame, it will only be necessary to remove the ornamental nuts 35 in that form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, or the threaded fastenings 4! in that form of the invention illustrated in Figure 3, after which the securing bars maybe readily disengaged from the crossbars of the frame. It being understood that the securing bars form a permanent part of the pocketbook body, it will readily be seen that removing of the securing bars from the crossbars of the frame will permit of complete removal of the pccketbook body with respect to the frame, since, as illustrated'in the drawing, the pocketbook body and'thelframe are not attached to each other in any other manner than by the securing bars l5, and that when they are disengaged with respect to the crossbars of the frame, the pocketbook body and frame may be readily separated one from the other. It is also to be noted that'this separation of the pocketbook body from the frame can be accomplished without injury or damage to either member and that the same may be attached to the frame and removed therefrom as often as desired without damage to either member.

While the invention has been herein illustrated in its preferred forms, it is to be understood that it is not to be limited to the specific details of construction herein illustrated and that it may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

A pocketbook construction comprising a two part pivoted frame, a crossbar forming a member of each frame part, flanges defining the edges of'each of said crossbars, a bag body, bars carried by said bag body and completely enclosed thereby, said bars being of a size adapted to be received snugly Within the flanges of the crossbars of the frame, and means for attaching the bars carried by the bag body to the bag body and the crossbars of the frame, said means comprising a plurality of wood screws passing through material of the body andthe' crossbars of the frame and having threaded engagement with the bars carried by the bag body.

MAX SACHS. 

